| France Take Cautious Approach To Azzurri Clash MARC Lievremont has described Italy’s performances in the RBS 6 Nations Championship thus far as “like a commando operation”, and has warned his France team to be on their guard for... | |
| Dublin Delight For Grateful O'leary Tomas O'Leary beamed with pride as he reflected on his finest display for Ireland in Saturday's 27-12 Six Nations victory over Wales. O'Leary landed the man-of-the-match award at Croke Park after... |
| Thom Evans Pep Talk Stirred Scotland Dan Parks has revealed how he and his Scotland team-mates were moved to tears as a stricken Thom Evans gave them a pre-match talk ahead of their Calcutta Cup draw with England. Despite still being... |
| Waugh Glad To End Frustration Waratahs captain Phil Waugh said it was important to show their patient fans they could still play open rugby following the side's 73-12 victory over a toothless Lions outfit on Friday. Drew... |
| Stevens Not Giving Up On World Cup Disgraced prop Matt Stevens insists he can win a place in England's squad for the World Cup when he returns to the game next year. Stevens received a two-year ban after testing positive for... |
| Wrecking-ball Rugby From England And Scotland Dulls The Senses Rory Lawson of Scotland charges down a kick by England's Toby Flood. Photograph: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images A bruising 15-all draw at Murrayfield withdrew England from the Six Nations title race,... |
| Robinson Takes Positives From Cup Draw Andy Robinson hailed Scotland's draw with England as a "step forward" despite admitting his side had wasted another opportunity to record a first RBS 6 Nations win of the campaign. England retained... |
| Ireland Too Strong For Wales Ireland celebrated captain Brian O'Driscoll's century of caps by cruising to a 27-12 victory over Wales which leaves them one win away from claiming their fifth Triple Crown in seven seasons. The... |
| England Retain Calcutta Cup England retained the Calcutta Cup in dramatic fashion as they and Scotland played out the first draw in the fixture since 1989. A topsy-turvy war of attrition which eventually finished 15-15 was... |
| Same Old Story As Wales Press The Self-destruct Button Again WALES’ uncanny knack of finding the self-destruct button has been the story of this Six Nations campaign and they did it once again at Croke Park. Warren Gatland’s side were, for the... |
| Turnovers And Indiscipline Hurt Us Admits Gatland WARREN GATLAND didn’t hide his disappointment at Wales’ indiscipline at Croke Park. The Wales coach, who saw his side slump to a third defeat in this Six Nations campaign, admitted that... |
| Brian O’driscoll Hails Ruthless Irish Streak BRIAN O’DRISCOLL expressed his satisfaction that Ireland's ruthless streak told against Wales when they were down to 14 men. The Ireland captain, who won his 100th cap for his country... |
| Shane Williams: Ireland Deserved Victory SHANE WILLIAMS didn’t offer any excuses for Wales’ fifth defeat to Ireland in seven Six Nations matches. “If I’m honest, Ireland deserved the victory,” declared... |
| ‘crazy Five Minutes’ Cost Us Says Wales Captain Martyn Williams MARTYN WILLIAMS bemoaned the fact that another “crazy five minutes” had cost Wales victory in Dublin. The stand-in Wales captain, who took charge due to the calf injury to No 8 Ryan... |
| Welsh Regions Set To Cash In From Expanded Magners League ITALY coach Nick Mallett has welcomed the ground-breaking deal which has brought Azzurri sides into the Magners League and will provide Welsh rugby with a £1.2m windfall. We can reveal the... |
| Warren Gatland: Wales Still Moving Forwards WARREN GATLAND denied Wales are going backwards despite losing FIVE of their last seven Six Nations games. Wales lost their third Six Nations contest of the season yesterday with Triple... |
| Sowden-taylor On Rebels Radar Down Under ROBIN SOWDEN-TAYLOR is the latest Welsh international to be linked with a move to new Aussie Super-15 franchise Melbourne Rebels. The Blues openside flanker, who is out of contract at the Cardiff... |
| Scotland 15 England 15 SCOTLAND and England battered each other into a brutal Calcutta Cup stalemate at Murrayfield as international rugby’s oldest fixture ended in a record 18th draw. Scotland had already... |
| Solid Return To Rugby For Huxley Julian Huxley has returned to the field for the first time in two years following a brain tumour, setting up three tries for the Brumbies reserves. The full-back played for the Brumby Runners when... |
| Early Blitz Gets Job Done For Reds Rampant running rugby from the Reds kept Western Force firmly rooted to the foot of the Super 14 table after an impressive 50-10 win on Sunday. The damage was done in the first-half in Brisbane as... |
| Huxley Makes Accomplished Return Julian Huxley expressed a desire to regain his Brumbies and Wallabies positions after making an accomplished return to rugby, two years after being diagnosed with a brain tumour. Huxley, 30, set up... |
| Reds Put 50 On The Force A red-hot Queensland Reds celebrated their Super 14 resurgence with a record 50-10 smashing of the Western Force in their Australian derby at Suncorp Stadium. A crowd of 20,016 lapped up every... |
| Gloucester Wary Of Blues Cup Threat THE Blues have been warned Gloucester will be looking for revenge in their LV= Cup semi-final clash today (12.15pm). Dai Young’s side humiliated the Cherry and Whites in the EDF Energy Cup... |
| Morgan’s Boot Turns The Tide In Favour Of Blue And Blacks CARDIFF improved during the second half to gain a laboured Welsh Premiership victory over Carmarthen Quins. But in an ordinary encounter, the champions leaned heavily on the cultured boot of... |
| Warriors Lead At Half Time The Warriors lead 18-12 at half time in their opening match of the NRL season against the Titans on the Gold Coast.Manu Vatuvei has scored twice, while Kevin Locke has also crossed, with two of the... |
| No Significant Damage To Monye - Rfu Ugo Monye was taken to hospital in Edinburgh after sustaining a neck injury in England's Six Nations game against Scotland at Murrayfield. 26-year-old Harlequins winger Monye was stretchered from... |
| Hoiles: Best Yet To Come Brumbies captain Stephen Hoiles believes his side has plenty of room for improvement, despite them notching up thier fourth win of the season against the Sharks at home on Saturday night.With only... |
| Mortlock Cleared Of Serious Injury Brumbies outside centre Stirling Mortlock has been cleared by doctors after it was initially feared he may have suffered a serious injury to his shoulder in Saturday night's Super 14 win over the... |
| Ireland Took Their Chances Well - Gatland Answering questions at the post-match press conference, Wales head coach Warren Gatland, defence coach Shaun Edwards and team captain Martyn Williams reflect on the 27-12 loss to Ireland at Croke... |
| Andy Robinson’s Frustrated Charges Take One Small Step Forward END: Module - M24 Article Headline with no image --> BEGIN: Module - Main Article --> AFTER all that talk about 1990, we were left discussing 1989 come the end of this engrossing if... |
| Martin Johnson's England Are On A Low Road To Nowhere END: Module - M24 Article Headline with no image --> BEGIN: Module - Main Article --> MARTIN JOHNSON probably enjoyed this arm-wrestle of an international; the man glories in the... |
| Women’s Sights Set On Grand Slam END: Module - M24 Article Headline with no image --> BEGIN: Module - Main Article --> ENGLAND WOMEN ran in nine tries to beat Scotland 51-0 in Edinburgh and remain on track to secure... |
| France Face A Day Of Destiny Against England In Paris END: Module - M24 Article Headline with no image --> BEGIN: Module - Main Article --> It is hard to envisage anything much in the way of the paranormal this afternoon. France... |
| Tough Day For Canes It was a torrid match for the Hurricanes, who looked lacklustre in the five-tries-to-two loss.They were pinned in their own half for much of the match and what little possession they did have they... |
| Ireland Marks O'driscoll Ton With Wales Win Ireland kept its slim hopes of retaining the Six Nations title alive on Sunday morning (AEDT) when indiscipline once more cost Wales in a 27-12 defeat at Croke Park. Ireland, for whom captain Brian... |
| Scotland Draw Sabotages England's Hopes England retained the Calcutta Cup after a 15-15 draw with Scotland but its hopes of winning the Six Nations appear to be over after a kicking-dominated scrap at Murrayfield. Toby Flood fell just... |
| How Ireland Rated Against Wales END: Module - M24 Article Headline with no image --> BEGIN: Module - Main Article --> Geordan Murphy - 7/10 Club Leicester Caps 65 Wales reckoned he was worth targeting but his... |
| How Wales Rated Against Ireland END: Module - M24 Article Headline with no image --> BEGIN: Module - Main Article --> Lee Byrne - 4/10 Club Ospreys Caps 31 Deserves to pay with his place for two brainless... |
| Mathieu Bastareaud: Lying In Wait For England END: Module - M24 Article Headline with no image --> BEGIN: Module - Main Article --> He walks into an office at the French Federation’s training complex at Marcoussis, a small... |
| <font Face="arial,helvetica" Color="#cc0000" Size=5><b>double Blow For Hurricanes</b></font> The Stormers have delivered a double knockout blow to the Hurricanes in their Super 14 match in Cape Town.Not only have Hurricanes slumped to a 37-13 loss to the Stormers, but they may well lose All... |
| Runners Pounding The Pavement In Auck The pavements along Auckland's waterfront are taking a pounding this morning.Seventy thousand people have signed up for the Round the Bays fun run. When it first started in 1972, just 1200 people... |
| Double Blow For Hurricanes The Stormers have delivered a double knockout blow to the Hurricanes in their Super 14 match in Cape Town.Not only have Hurricanes slumped to a 37-13 loss to the Stormers, but they may well lose All... |
| Scotland Draw Not In Vain Andy Robinson hailed Scotland's draw with England as a 'step forward' despite admitting his side had wasted another opportunity to record a first Six Nations win of the campaign.England retained the... |
| Stormers Blow Away Hurricanes The Stormers crushed New Zealand's Wellington Hurricanes 37-13 on Saturday to go second in the Super 14 table. Full-back Joe Pietersen, scorer of 56 points in the first four matches, added 17 more... |
| Stormers Thrash Struggling Hurricanes The Stormers turned in a powerful performance to defeat the Hurricanes 37-13 at Newlands to keep up the pressure on runaway leaders the Bulls. The Stormers climbed into second place on the ladder as... |
